We have no faith in the kamikaze drivers surrounding him or the great old German team.

I actually think thats a bit unfair. I'm certainly not worried about Kobayashi Seb, Rosberg, Button or Webber. Or even Grosjean! (Whos miles up the road anyway). What happened at Malaysia was a small error from a rookie to F1 in very tricky conditions. Its just racing.

I'm hoping for a decent start then hopefully Michael will be able to apply some pace.

Watching the BBC coverage right now and all they are saying is the drivers who do well will be the ones that todays temperatures suit the tyres best for their particular car setup during the race. Yesterdays pace and setups could easily count for nothing. Tyres and the prevailing conditions at the time appear to be the only deciding factor. Rendering all of this a bit moot.

Senna weaved in the braking zone. Michael had to jink to the left, and lost the ability to brake.

If Senna had continued to take the corner to the right instead of moving left and slowing up there wouldn't have been a collision, but listening to the BBC guys it sounds like Michael will get a penalty.

Senna changed the line under braking and Schumacher was coming down with much more speed on the wings of DRS and tried to avoid Senna, but it was way too late.

Dont think so. You can move back but you must leave enough room for the driver on the outside. The problem is that Schumacher probably thought that Senna was going to move back fully onto the racing line so went to the inside, but then realised Senna was just sticking to the centre of the track and it was too late for Schumacher to do anything about it.

Mercedes' strengths were in the first 3 races of the season and they ballsed it up 3 times for Schumacher. I feel their advantage is now gone and Schumacher will get 'dominated' by Rosberg again who just gets on with it. No wonder MS is frustrated.

Schumacher will likely throw in the towel at the end of this year, after which I don't think I've got enough interest in this sport to carry on following it. DRS+shitty engines+shitty tyres has killed it for me.

Dont think so. You can move back but you must leave enough room for the driver on the outside. The problem is that Schumacher probably thought that Senna was going to move back fully onto the racing line so went to the inside, but then realised Senna was just sticking to the centre of the track and it was too late for Schumacher to do anything about it.

You can't change lines under braking. Schumacher couldn't avoid Senna. Schumacher didn't assume Senna will go back fully on the racing line as he clearly counted that line will be empty for him... until Senna changed his mind. By then, all Schumacher could do was to try to change line to the inside one, but it was impossible to do.

This is what happens when you firstly don't even set a time in Q3 and thus get stuck a place or two (or more) down teh grid than you'd otherwise be, then secondly screw the strategy and end up in the pack.

Surely it was obvious Schumacher would be stuck in the Grosjean/ Senna/ Rosberg "pack" pitting when he did, especially when Rosberg was clearly traffic bound after his stop a lap earlier. New tyres are a significant advantage *if* you can actually use them - Once again strategy and quick thinking seem to be notable by their absence on the pit wall for Mercedes (also evident by starting Schumacher on softs).

The shunt looked mostly Senna's fault, as he braked very early (the closing speeds between teh two cars was really quite something) and also jinked in the braking area, as if to move left then not really doing so. Easy to misunderstand wheere he was going, but perhaps he was also correcting for the car moving under him on those worn out tyres.

Definitely *not* all Schumacher's fault and cause to once again leap around with Jordan glee, or smug DCness, but then I've come to expect no more from our good old BBC.

Schumacher will likely throw in the towel at the end of this year, after which I don't think I've got enough interest in this sport to carry on following it. DRS+shitty engines+shitty tyres has killed it for me.